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...shackled behind them, were arrested over the weekend and are awaiting arraignment; new detainees are herded in and out all day. In the midst of this noise and mayhem, some of the accused meet their lawyers for the last time before approaching the bench and confer hastily through the metal mesh about their pleas. Though the state affiliate of the A.C.L.U. has brought a class action against Connecticut's indigent-defense system, citing the Cage as one of many degrading and prejudicial conditions in the state, lawyers and defendants alike are accustomed to it. "I don't like the Cage...
...service dispatcher Chris Lampropoulos from Queens, New York, was charged with felonious assault on a taxi driver after a car accident. Lampropoulos, 24, claimed that he beat the guy up in self-defense, and that he used his fists -- not a metal pipe, as charged. His family got in touch with Harvey A. Kaminsky, a seasoned trial lawyer in White Plains, New York, and even though Kaminsky agreed to lower his fees, they had to scrape together family loans to pay off the $15,000 it cost to bring the case to trial. For Lampropoulos, the lawyer employed...
...quotes from the Bible and the gun goes brrrr and some younger viewers think it's cool-lots of older viewers too. In the effort to achieve a kid-friendlier culture, do we want to end up with a sanitized one, free of the worst excesses of "death metal" but also purged of Tarantino? Or of sassy but not salacious rappers like Salt-N-Pepa? Or even, let it be said, deprived of the mixed bag of gifts and gas that is Oliver Stone...
...Warner's role as the pop-culture world's designated lightning rod seems perfectly appropriate. As the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, the company is big enough to have multiple examples of virtually every product that might give people offense, from cheesy talk shows to loud heavy-metal bands. The fact that it is based in America (unlike many of its giant rivals, like Sony and Bertelsmann) makes it a compelling target. The company may also have presented an inviting bull's-eye for Senator Dole because of its history of supporting Democratic candidates and causes. During...
Professional goons would have a harder time punching at metal bars or plastic shields. It would be tougher on their knuckles, and the league could easily eject anyone who willingly removes his helmet for fight-night...